Pirathonite

Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863)

a native of or dweller in Pirathon. Two such are named in the Bible:—

• Abdon ben-Hillel. (Judges 12:13,15)

• “Benaiah the Pirathonite of the children of Ephraim,” (1 Chronicles 27:14)

Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

(1.) Abdon, the son of Hillel, so called, Judg. 12:13, 15.

(2.) Benaiah the Ephraimite (2 Sam. 23:30), one of David’s thirty heroes.

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